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| An admiral of New England and an English soldier, explorer and author that was knighted for his services to the prince of Transylvania |
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| The powhatan are the native American people of Virginia. Estimated that there was about 14,000-21,000 powhatan people when the English settled in Jamestown in 1607. |
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| A native American woman that was notable for her association and help with the colonial settlement at Jamestown in 1607. |
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| Early English settler of North America that was credited for the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an exported crop in the colony of Virginia. |
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| Administered the colony between 1629 and 1632, when he left for the colony of Virginia and then later visited the northern reaches along the Chesapeake bay. |
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| British General that was the founder of the colony of Georgia. |
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| A precolonial native American leader and a leader of the Onondaga. Cofounder of the Iroquois Confederacy. |
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| The first English colony of the New World. Located on the outer banks of North Carolina. |
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| The Spanish Fleet of 130 ships that sailed in August in 1588 under the command of Duke of Medina to overthrow and invade England to take the queen, Elizabeth I, of her power. |
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| The law in which the firstborn son inherits the entire or main estate of his parents, opposed to daughter of youngest son. |
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| One of the earliest examples is the Virginia Company. Founded in 1606 which colonized North America. |
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| A written grant by a country that defines specific privileges towards a group or set of people, colleges, companies and more. |
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| Founded in 1607, the first English colony to survive into a settlement which later became formed into the united states |
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| War that started in 1610, and ended in a peace settlement in 1614. Powhatan sought to achieve domination by starving their colony but that did not work. At a conclusion, they signed peace treaty as a draw between the two forces. |
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| The Toleration Act 1689, also called the Act of Toleration, was made by the Parliament of England. This parliament granted freedom of warship to nonconformists. |
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| A law passed by the colonial English legislature to provide a legal base for slavery in the Caribbean islands. (1661) |
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| Alliance of 5, then later, 6 American Indian tribes located in the modern day New York state. |
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